DAILY PHOTO: Gazebo, Mysore

Taken in October of 2014 in Mysore

DAILY PHOTO: Balloons, Far as the Eye Can See — Dussehra 2014, Mysore

Taken during Dussehra 2014 in Mysore

DAILY PHOTO: Purple Flaming Flowers

Taken in July of 2017 in the Kerala Backwaters.

DAILY PHOTO: Kashmir

Taken in August of 2016 near Sonamarg

DAILY PHOTO: Flower Floor, K.R. Market

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Taken in the summer of 2018 in Bengaluru.

DAILY PHOTO: Kameng River at Dusk


Taken in May of 2017 at Nameri National Park in Assam

DAILY PHOTO: Gray Weather Ladakhi Landscapes

Taken in August of 2016 in Ladakh.

DAILY PHOTO: Glass House, Lalbagh

Taken in September of 2013 in Lalbagh Gardens in Bengaluru

This greenhouse-like structure dates back to 1889.

POEM: Flower Market

Taken in September of 2013 in Bangalore at K.R. Market

Garland coils in saffron and yellow.
Burlap bags of loose blooms in many hues.
Free petals strewn across the floor.

Vendors sit like stamen, still amid the chaos.
Customers waft around like pollen on the wind.
And workers flit about like industrious bees.

DAILY PHOTO: Green Mountains, Himachal Pradesh

Taken in June of 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh